Six years ago today I said "I Do" to the man I love. I didn't say "I might" or "maybe I will". I said "I do". I committed my life to him as he committed his life to me. As I look back over the last six years I see a roller coaster of events....4 moves, 3 babies, 2 deployments, 1 trip to Hawaii, countless moments. I realize that as we have grown so has our marriage and our love for each other. There have been moments of great happiness and horrible sadness. While we have not experienced some life changing events we sure have had our share of life moments. While each one was a challenge they were all met with love. There isn't a day that passes that I do not think of how lucky I am to have Allen in my life. He is my strength, my hero, my lover, my friend and so many other things. He is there to catch the tears when they fall and there to see the smiles he brings to my life.
So many things I could have been in my life, but the greatest thing I have become is a wife and mother. Allen I love you. I love you more today then I did six years ago. I thank God for putting me on the path that led to you. I look forward to the rest of our lives together. We have had our ups and downs, yet through it all we have come out on the other side more in love with each other than the day we said "I Do". Even though we will spend this Anniversary apart please know that you are the light at the end of the tunnel.
I am reminded of the bible verse that was read at our wedding:
Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. It does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, it always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 1-13
nice :)
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